Dr. Luo hypothesizes that wives are happier than their husbands. She measured a group of married couples’ marital happiness and the data are as follows: couple                Wives                 Husbands    1                       98
                        93                 2                       94
                        90                 3                       96                        95                 4                       91                        92                 5                       97                        95                 6                       97                        91                a. Are wives significantly happier than their husbands in the marriage? Use alpha = .05. 
 b. If Dr. Luo decided to reject the null hypothesis (assuming she was completely correct in calculations), what is the probability that she made a Type I error?

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Dr. Luo hypothesizes that wives are happier than their husbands. She measured a group of married couples’ marital happiness and the data are as follows:

couple                Wives                 Husbands

   1                       98
                        93             

   2                       94
                        90             

   3                       96                        95             

   4                       91                        92             

   5                       97                        95             

   6                       97                        91             

 

a. Are wives significantly happier than their husbands in the marriage? Use alpha = .05. 


b. If Dr. Luo decided to reject the null hypothesis (assuming she was completely correct in calculations), what is the probability that she made a Type I error? 

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